[TV orNotTV] Colbert First Run Tonight

2020-10-02 Thread Mark Jeffries
"Late Show" Twitter feed indicates Colbert's on tonight first run, with CBS medical reporter Jon LaPook--Colbert has video on the feed: https://twitter.com/colbertlateshow/status/1312214208143126529?s=20 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV"

Re: [TV orNotTV] IYC: Familiar actress in annoying advert

2020-09-30 Thread Mark Jeffries
The link itself says that the ad hasn't aired since the end of 2018. On Tue, Sep 29, 2020, 8:32 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Khrystyne Haje ("Head of the Class") plugging cancer drug Verzenio > damned-well daily on Peacock... apparently uncredited here: >

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: ALL of SNL library to Peacock

2020-09-27 Thread Mark Jeffries
Comcast's VOD has all 45 seasons including the Berle show. I'm not sure if the Louise Lasser show is though. On Sun, Sep 27, 2020, 4:30 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Is the Milton Berle episode included? That alone would be worth the price > of admission.

[TV orNotTV] One Week In and Ellen's Already Taking Time Off

2020-09-25 Thread Mark Jeffries
It's only been Monday since Ellen DeGeneres returned to the air and confessed the sins of her and the scumbags who were her bosses at Telepictures and she's not on her show today--sidekick Stephen "tWitch" Boss was filling in for her today with seemingly no indication why:

Re: [TV orNotTV] American Federation of Musicians raising ruckus over live TV musicians' deal

2020-09-25 Thread Mark Jeffries
"Masked Singer" and I assume "I Can See Your Voice" have musical directors, but "Masked" has the D-list celebs in costume singing to pre-recorded tracks and I assume the "See" contestants are doing the same thing. No other Fox show or syndicated Fox First Run show has a house band. On Fri, Sep

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Orion Samuelson retiring from WGN 720

2020-09-23 Thread Mark Jeffries
omeone asked Bell why he was still doing booth announcer work, his response was, "Oh, this Bozo thing is never going to last." He retired from WGN and Bozo in 1984 and the show ran for 17 more years. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 10:02 AM 'Bob Jersey'

Re: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Florida FM puts POTUS' name in theirs

2020-09-19 Thread Mark Jeffries
Jack's UK voice. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 9:19 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Going further than three stations in another city there did in '19 with > their excerpts of Don's speeches between songs (m

Re: [TV orNotTV] ACM Awards overrun question

2020-09-17 Thread Mark Jeffries
Same in Chicago. Sounds like WUSA was using the overrun as an excuse to run over. On Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 7:07 AM Jon Delfin wrote: > Oops, sorry, make that Full show in NYC that started late, after the full > local news. > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 8:04 AM Jon Delfin wrote: > >> Full show in

[TV orNotTV] Chef Ramsay, Game Show Host

2020-09-12 Thread Mark Jeffries
Of all people, Gordon Ramsay will be hosting a new game show called "Bank Balance" for BBC1 in the UK (the Beeb's mass appeal network), from his Studio Ramsay production company and promising to be a big money, edge-of-seat affair from a network that has traditionally stayed away from that

Re: [TV orNotTV] Jay Leno as Groucho Marx

2020-09-09 Thread Mark Jeffries
owns the rights to the format (his name is also on "The Connors," being the shotgun spinoff of "Roseanne"). I'm guessing Fox First Run is the syndicator. Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email

Re: [TV orNotTV] Deadline : Oscar Shakes Up Best Picture Eligibility Standards; Strict New Diversity Requirements Take Full Effect In 2024

2020-09-09 Thread Mark Jeffries
ich has a different meaning here, thanks to Chuck Barris) because highly-placed members of the Roman Catholic Church are "underexposed," who knows? Mark Jeffries spotligh...@gmail.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=webma

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Ellen DeGeneres is 'Notoriously One of the Meanest People in Hollywood,' Comedian Claims

2020-09-09 Thread Mark Jeffries
ming ninnies begging for Ellen not to drop them through the floor or pour the gunge on them, even though they know that's how the games end? One can only hope. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=si

Re: [TV orNotTV] Oops! New Nick acquisition looks too much like Oscar-winning short

2020-09-07 Thread Mark Jeffries
.html P.S. The creative staff and animation team in Vancouver are all white. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 11:15 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > "*Made By Maddie* had been scheduled to pre

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Ellen DeGeneres is 'Notoriously One of the Meanest People in Hollywood,' Comedian Claims

2020-09-07 Thread Mark Jeffries
The link says that "People's Court" is replacing Ellen. Same syndicator and this show seems that it'll be on forever. On Sun, Sep 6, 2020, 6:56 PM Steve Timko wrote: > My local CBS affiliate announced today that it is dropping the "Ellen" > show and going with "Judge Judy." > >

[TV orNotTV] Rightwing News Channels Coming to UK?

2020-08-30 Thread Mark Jeffries
As the far right is continually angered over the BBC, two prospective channels that want to be like Fox News Channel with an emphasis on prime time commentary are being floated to compete with BBC News and now-Comcast-owned Sky News for what the Brits call "rolling news" channels--GB News,

[TV orNotTV] Scripted Network Shows Back in Nov.?

2020-08-28 Thread Mark Jeffries
The four major terrestrial nets have been making schedule changes as production on scripted series has yet to start--we've already covered here CBS' plans to move shows over from CBS All Access and Pop (and air the long-in-the-can new seasons of "TAR" and "Undercover Boss" and continue the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Ratings: "Yellowstone" finale tops all scripted series this year

2020-08-25 Thread Mark Jeffries
rk reruns that the other Viacom channels run (pre-re-merger with CBS), movies and many of the same reality shows that were on Spike's schedule (but not "Cops," which ended both repeats and first run episodes this past summer as a response to George Floyd and BLM). Mark Jeffries Saints Sp

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Ellen DeGeneres is 'Notoriously One of the Meanest People in Hollywood,' Comedian Claims

2020-08-18 Thread Mark Jeffries
prerogative. Second, Jesus Christ. I'm surprised the columnist didn't call her a credit to her lifestyle choice. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 6:09 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Ellen tries to set t

[TV orNotTV] 'Star Wars Holiday Special', Take Two

2020-08-15 Thread Mark Jeffries
The 1978 special which almost all of Star Wars fandom can agree (along with George Lucas, since it hasn't been shown since that night on CBS) was a stinker, gets a second shot this November on Disney+ as "The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special," an animated with CGI Lego blocks show similar to

[TV orNotTV] 'Blazing Saddles' Gets Disclaimer Treatment at HBO Max

2020-08-15 Thread Mark Jeffries
The famous Mel Brooks comedy and race relations satire has been on the streamer for a month, but now has an introduction from TCM's Jacqueline Stewart similar to her introduction to HBOM's presentation of "Gone With the Wind"--and I can personally vouch for it, since I saw it today before

Re: [TV orNotTV] "Ninja Warrior" revealed to have filmed in bubble

2020-08-13 Thread Mark Jeffries
And delaying the start of "The Voice" and "Manifest" until sometime in November--airing on Monday at 10 p.m. is the Canadian medical drama "Transplant," which Universal co-owns with CTV. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Aug 13, 20

Re: [TV orNotTV] Tribune closing five newsrooms

2020-08-13 Thread Mark Jeffries
And the Chicago Tribune has been doing the same thing for a few weeks now. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 8:29 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Reporters will continue to work from home at the

Re: [TV orNotTV] So long, Sumner Redstone

2020-08-13 Thread Mark Jeffries
Former MTV News anchor Gideon Yago offers his own perspective from working at Viacom when Mr. Redstone was there and is doing what you're not supposed to do after someone dies: https://twitter.com/gideonyago/status/1293567900096200710 Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com

Re: [TV orNotTV] Breaking News: Simon Cowell isn’t entirely spineless

2020-08-11 Thread Mark Jeffries
I forgot about social distancing. My bad. On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 4:50 PM Mark Jeffries wrote: > Not yet--filling in for Cowell tonight on "AGT" as the live shows start is > his polar opposite KEY CLAKSNNN!: > > > https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/10/entertain

[TV orNotTV] Last Vestiges of Fox at Disney Changed

2020-08-11 Thread Mark Jeffries
As part of a whole series of name changes at Unca Walt's TV department, 20th-Century Fox Television will now take on the Twentieth Television name of its former syndication division, which is now folded into Disney-ABC Domestic and International Distribution, ABC Studios will now be known by

Re: [TV orNotTV] Breaking News: Simon Cowell isn’t entirely spineless

2020-08-11 Thread Mark Jeffries
Not yet--filling in for Cowell tonight on "AGT" as the live shows start is his polar opposite KEY CLAKSNNN!: https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/10/entertainment/kelly-clarkson-simon-cowell-agt/index.html She's lucky she's sitting in Cowell's seat--I believe Sofia is less likely to step

[TV orNotTV] Executive Suite Roulette

2020-08-08 Thread Mark Jeffries
Two examples today--first, NBC Entertainment chairman Paul Telegdy was quickly fired after it was discovered that he had made many racial and gender slurs in front of other network employees, including the accusations brought by Gabrielle Union about how things are run at "America's Got

Re: [TV orNotTV] What show were you watching when a major news event happened?

2020-07-26 Thread Mark Jeffries
It was probably Newsworld International, which was owned by the CBC. It eventually became AJA, but not before Al Gore ran it as Current TV. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 9:57 PM Chris Neuman wrote: > My wife and I moved from Toro

Re: [TV orNotTV] Colbert leaving the house, mum on next location

2020-07-25 Thread Mark Jeffries
based there (the radio stations now owned by Entercom moved out some years ago). Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 11:36 AM Tom Wolper wrote: > On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 10:34 AM Jon Delfin wrote: > >> Not sure why you keep sayin

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: "Perry Mason: Official Teaser | HBO" on YouTube

2020-07-23 Thread Mark Jeffries
Meanwhile, HBO has renewed "Perry Mason: The Skinny Years" for a second season: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/perry-mason-renewed-season-2-at-hbo-1303980 On Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 1:06 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I must say that, despite my

Re: [TV orNotTV] Ratings: ‘Celebrity Family Feud’ Drops to Season Low, Still Leads ABC to Easy Win

2020-07-19 Thread Mark Jeffries
wnstone Productions, the only other card on "Press" besides the Fremantle logo). Whether the hosts have that much input into the individual shows is hard to say, although I've always suspected that Anthony Anderson is the main reason "To Tell the Truth" is not being done the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: '30 Rock' Reunion to Be NBCU Fall Preview Special

2020-07-18 Thread Mark Jeffries
was linear TV's top-rated show for the night in 18-49 and total audience: http://www.thetvratingsguide.com/2020/07/thursday-cable-ratings-71620-rachel.html Friday night numbers for the "30 Rock" cable roadblock not out yet. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Won’t have the C-Dub to kick around any more?

2020-07-17 Thread Mark Jeffries
"Fleabag"'s first series was screened on IFC (which considers itself now alt-comedy in terms of original programming, even if they show repeats of "That 70s Show" and "2.5 Men") after the Amazon release. Sister channel SundanceTV screened the first two seasons of

Re: [TV orNotTV] Staff announcers?

2020-07-13 Thread Mark Jeffries
Are ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5's continuity announcers still live in key time slots? I know that ITV's announcers are all in London now and record announcements for ITV regional programming (which nowadays is almost all news bulletins). Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh

Re: [TV orNotTV] Staff announcers?

2020-07-13 Thread Mark Jeffries
The only place with what you might call live "booth announcers" are the C-SPAN channels, who have someone live during live events, sometimes on camera, sometimes not, all vying to be one of John Oliver's Most Patient People on Television every time they take viewer phone calls. On Mon, Jul 13,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Kabletown news: "S.S." edition

2020-07-10 Thread Mark Jeffries
To me, Shep is a relief, considering that the rumor is that CNBC wants to do rightwing talk at night. On Thu, Jul 9, 2020, 8:26 AM Paul Murray wrote: > At almost any other channel I might agree with you, Kevin. But Sue Herrera > covers news during the day, which is CNBC's prime time. Sure,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Surprisingly good colorization of Dick Van Dyke show

2020-07-04 Thread Mark Jeffries
lots (including the Culver Studios where "Gone With the Wind" was filmed) after that studio went under. At their height, Desliu had more sound stages in Hollywood and Culver City than MGM in Culver City (now Sony) and 20th-Century Fox in Hollywood. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor sp

Re: [TV orNotTV] Hugh Downs, Longtime Host of '20/20' and the 'Today' Show, Dies at 99

2020-07-03 Thread Mark Jeffries
And he's been doing those almost as long as he's been doing "Jeopardy!" Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 5:09 PM Doug Fields wrote: > …although in Alex’s defense, his is actually in the traditional 60-second > commercial for

Re: [TV orNotTV] Hugh Downs, Longtime Host of '20/20' and the 'Today' Show, Dies at 99

2020-07-03 Thread Mark Jeffries
most 15 years. The syndicated version began that fall and ran five years from LA, with Jack Narz hosting and an Edd Kalehoff synth-heavy score replacing the organ music. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 9:35 AM Jim Ellwanger wrote: > Trivia note:

[TV orNotTV] NoTV: Black News Matters at iHeart Radio

2020-06-30 Thread Mark Jeffries
Today at noon ET, radio (and streaming) Evil Empire iHeart Media launched Black Information News, a 24/7 all-news network aimed at Black audiences, on stations in 15 cities, the HD subchannels on iHM stations in other markets and as news providers for iHM's 91 Black-oriented stations (not to

Re: [TV orNotTV] WarnerMedia to sell CNN Center

2020-06-30 Thread Mark Jeffries
Adult Swim gang will all be moved out of Williams St. to Burbank--and Ben Mankewicz will not be commuting to Atlanta to do the intros for TCM. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 7:52 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wro

Re: [TV orNotTV] "Council of Dads" off NBC

2020-06-26 Thread Mark Jeffries
Same thing that NBC had done with "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist"--although it seemed like they plugged the hell out of watching the pilot online and VOD. Not so much with "Council of Dads." Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, Jun 26, 202

Re: [TV orNotTV] "Council of Dads" off NBC

2020-06-26 Thread Mark Jeffries
I had it for mid-season in last year's upfront annotated schedule. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 10:46 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Did we even cover this when it was picked up? Br

Re: [TV orNotTV] time warp

2020-06-21 Thread Mark Jeffries
rk started showing them in 2000 or so--18 years after his death in 1982. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 7:22 PM Kevin M. wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 5:19 PM Jon Delfin wrote: > >> Indulging my puzzle habit, I'm w

Re: [TV orNotTV] time warp

2020-06-21 Thread Mark Jeffries
iter Allee Willis, who died back--uh, Do you remember/The 24th of December... Of course, there was a "in memoriam" graphic added at the end, but still... Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 7:19 PM Jon Delfin wrote: > Indulging my puz

[TV orNotTV] Nobody Watches C-Dub Standup Show

2020-06-17 Thread Mark Jeffries
If Nielsen is correct, only the master control operators at CW affils were watching last night's installment of the "CW Happy Hour" package of standup specials, a set by Marina Franklin that I guess went straight to video and has been available on various VOD and streaming platforms for

[TV orNotTV] Re: ABC Fall (?) Annotated

2020-06-17 Thread Mark Jeffries
Addendum: "Idol" and "Bachelor" will be back mid-season. On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 2:40:50 PM UTC-5, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > No premiere date, and I don't see a good portion of this happening--only > three fall debuts. Here we go as listed by Deadl

[TV orNotTV] ABC Fall (?) Annotated

2020-06-17 Thread Mark Jeffries
No premiere date, and I don't see a good portion of this happening--only three fall debuts. Here we go as listed by Deadline, new shows in all caps: MONDAY 8 PM — Dancing with the Stars--I believe host Tom Bergeron has already said that even in September, the combination of 600 cheering

Re: [TV orNotTV] NoTV : Kellior's Successor Show Gone in MN Public Radio Bloodbath

2020-06-17 Thread Mark Jeffries
ed by John Moe that simply never caught on. Which brings up the question: Will public radio stations want another replacement for "Live From Here" or are they satisfied with the storytelling sessions and Ira Glass knockoffs? Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com

[TV orNotTV] NoTV : Kellior's Successor Show Gone in MN Public Radio Bloodbath

2020-06-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
"Live From Here," the Saturday night radio musical variety show that American Public Media created as a successor to Garrison Kellior's "A Prairie Home Companion" after Kellior resigned in the wake of allegations of sexual misconduct in 2016, is going off the air as part of the letting go of

[TV orNotTV] NBC Fall (?) Annotated

2020-06-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
No announced premiere date yet, but with Universal City going back into production mode this week (if not theme park mode), NBC has decided to go ahead with a fall schedule that is very familiar, even with the one new show. It's according to tvguide.com, new show in all caps, the asterisk

[TV orNotTV] 'B' Back in Production Tomorrow

2020-06-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
The Bell Dramatic Serial Co.'s junior CBS soap "The Bold and the Beautiful" will be the first series back in production after Los Angeles started allowing film and TV production to resume after COVID-19 broke out and all allowed hands will be on deck at TV City tomorrow--there will be daily

[TV orNotTV] '30 Rock' Reunion to Be NBCU Fall Preview Special

2020-06-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan will host as their characters on "30 Rock" on what NBCU is describing as an "upfront for the viewers, not the advertisers" to air on Thurs. July 16 as a roadblock on NBC, USA, SyFy, Bravo, Oxygen, E! and CNBC (and Peacock, in its second day of

Re: [TV orNotTV] BBC parks a "Fawlty Towers" episode...

2020-06-14 Thread Mark Jeffries
ivate School Girl" and "Jonah from Tonga" (there's your blackface right there--the character originated in "Summer Heights High" and Maori Television in New Zealand aired the first episode and said that they could not bring themselves to air the rest of the series). Mark Jeffr

Re: [TV orNotTV] Studios working on paying actors in pilots unproduced due to virus

2020-06-09 Thread Mark Jeffries
And both part of the same company. Coincidence? On Tue, Jun 9, 2020, 5:29 PM Kevin M. wrote: > Only a few typos on a Deadline story?! I’m impressed. > > To be fair, Variety is the worst media publication in terms of copy > editing. > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 2:44 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <

[TV orNotTV] SemiNoTV: Black Second City Alums Demand Investigation Into Discriminatory Practices

2020-06-08 Thread Mark Jeffries
After a week of social media frenzy that ended in Second City executive producer Andrew Alexander, only the second CEO in the famous Chicago comedy company's 60 years of existence whose accomplishments include getting "SCTV" on the air, retiring, a group of former 2C mostly black performers,

Re: [TV orNotTV] One critic's getting tired of cop shows...

2020-06-08 Thread Mark Jeffries
I would assume CBS News. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 2:36 PM Kevin M. wrote: > Is this particular thumb sucker being produced by the news division or the > entertainment division? > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 11:57 AM Mark Jeffr

Re: [TV orNotTV] One critic's getting tired of cop shows...

2020-06-08 Thread Mark Jeffries
uot; franchise shows for the night. One wonders if King is going to bring up all of those cop shows that drive the Nielsens at CBS (yeah, along with Chuck Lorre sitcoms and "Survivor"). Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 9:24 AM PGage wrote

Re: [TV orNotTV] James Corden: Excellent Human Being

2020-06-04 Thread Mark Jeffries
"British Jimmy." Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 7:11 PM PGage wrote: > This may have been posted here already, I lose track of the various > nicknames this list evolves for the lesser late night hosts. I searched > u

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: TV City used as LAPD facility

2020-06-03 Thread Mark Jeffries
e the newer building in the complex. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 2:33 PM M-D November wrote: > People got so used to hearing "CBS Television City" over the years, it > just stuck. (Plus, the fact that you see it every night at th

Re: [TV orNotTV] Watching local news during the protests

2020-06-02 Thread Mark Jeffries
I feel compelled to point that it seems that for at least part of the weekend competing NPR stations in LA KPCC and KCRW were simulcasting. I had it on at 10 p.m. LA time Saturday night and KPCC's Larry Mantle was doing call-ins and trying to be the calming influence in this tragedy, although I

Re: [TV orNotTV] CBS News layoffs.

2020-05-28 Thread Mark Jeffries
ms better in Chicago than many other cities, and although "Eyewitness News" has been number one all through this time, it's been mostly because of those CBS Television Distribution syndicated shows. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 11:10 A

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: America's Got Talent Also Has Toxicity

2020-05-28 Thread Mark Jeffries
And just by following the news this week, it's safe to say that a lot of people will be saying BS to that study. Surprisingly, "AGT" had good numbers Tuesday night, proving that the public is either easy to forgive or that there honestly wasn't much competition from the other OTA netwo

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: before there was Robin Williams, there was ...

2020-05-21 Thread Mark Jeffries
It's still up on VOD and may be up on Hulu. Meanwhile, ABC only put up an HD version of "The Story of Soaps" on VOD--at least for now. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 10:47 AM Jon Delfin wrote: > It was available at abc.com

Re: [TV orNotTV] CBS weighing its options

2020-05-21 Thread Mark Jeffries
are showrunners for MGM and CBS Studios. Since ABC's not doing a schedule for now, we'll wait. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 3:07 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Kelly Kahl told Variety that whil

Re: [TV orNotTV] Stephanopoulos pushed to seek post-Alex J! job

2020-05-17 Thread Mark Jeffries
uot;Sports") and Jeff Probst ("Rock and Roll"). If you want to throw in Bob Bergen (kids version on Game Show Network "Jep!") go ahead, but as long as he's got the Porky Pig voice gig... Another choice for me would be Robin Roberts. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: CW MID-SEASON Annotated

2020-05-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
Thank you for the correction. All C-Dub was doing was a very brief description. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 4:17 PM M-D November wrote: > I'm not sure where your "Superman and Lois" info came from, but it's > incorr

Re: [TV orNotTV] Stephanopoulos pushed to seek post-Alex J! job

2020-05-14 Thread Mark Jeffries
sed the rights to "Millionaire" and now they own it.) Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 9:37 PM 'brugdr' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Last year it was announced that Friedman would be stepping down at the

[TV orNotTV] CW Fall Not-So-Annotated

2020-05-14 Thread Mark Jeffries
And here's what the C-Dub has thrown together for the fall, according to thewrap.com--new to CW in caps: MONDAY 8:00-8:30 p.m. Whose Line is It Anyway? 8:30-9:00 p.m. Whose Line is It Anyway? 9:00-10:00 p.m. Penn & Teller: Fool Us If new episodes, either they've done a helluva lot of stockpiling

Re: [TV orNotTV] Stephanopoulos pushed to seek post-Alex J! job

2020-05-14 Thread Mark Jeffries
During the Sony hack, a E-mail from Harry Friedman stated that the job was Anderson Cooper's if he wanted it. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 3:41 PM Tom Wolper wrote: > On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 11:01 AM Kevin M. > wrote: > &g

[TV orNotTV] CW MID-SEASON Annotated

2020-05-14 Thread Mark Jeffries
Dare to Defy indeed: C-Dub has decided to make January their official reopening for the year. Outside of the final five episodes of "Supernatural" (the last remaining WB series to carry over to the then-new network), the fall lineup will be the overseas pickups that they usually run in the

Re: [TV orNotTV] Who from Colbert's staff...

2020-05-14 Thread Mark Jeffries
Could it be that as a writer he's in charge of the cold open and they don't have the money or time to use other actors, especially right now? Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 4:36 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.

[TV orNotTV] Fox Fall Annotated (!)

2020-05-11 Thread Mark Jeffries
This week would've been upfront week if not for COVID-19. It would be assumed that no network wants to put their schedule in stone until they know when they can go back to nore-or-less regular business, but Fox claims it has a "pandemic-proof" fall schedule, with two scripted shows that were

Re: [TV orNotTV] Baldwin's final Trump?

2020-05-11 Thread Mark Jeffries
vy Chase's first fall before saying "live from New York..."--the week before he was a stage manager saying that at the end of the sketch--and Chase in a wheelchair falling out of it). Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 10:17 PM stannc wrote:

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Paramount movie night in America

2020-05-07 Thread Mark Jeffries
Not any more. Disney owns all those titles now. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 5:20 PM Brad Beam wrote: > *From:* 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] > > *>*The Mouse matching the feat at ABC Wednesday

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: A Parks and Rec reunion

2020-05-01 Thread Mark Jeffries
the Chevy Chase tenure still made him a star that night. (If we only knew the truth about how big a bastard he was...) And if only Jim Henson had demanded that his people write the Muppets sketch instead of Michaels' writers... Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Some HBO shows on Hulu

2020-05-01 Thread Mark Jeffries
ried to get away with it today Program Practices would be screaming bloody murder and justifiably so. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 10:01 AM Brad Beam wrote: > *From:* tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] *On >

Re: [TV orNotTV] J! to replay "GOAT" tourney

2020-05-01 Thread Mark Jeffries
ic and dominant champion). The question is if Richards can make them without pissing off the loyal, if aged, "Wheel" audience. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 10:02 PM Jim Ellwanger wrote: > > > > On Apr 21, 2020, at 3:03 PM,

Re: [TV orNotTV] AfterMASH - Wikipedia

2020-05-01 Thread Mark Jeffries
en IFC ran "The IT Crowd," they're actually captioning "[audience laughter]" whenever it comes in--something no other captioner ever does for sitcoms, with the exception of "It's Garry Shandling's Show." Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Sun,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Some HBO shows on Hulu

2020-04-24 Thread Mark Jeffries
show after bleeping.) Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 11:35 PM PGage wrote: > If you have not seen it, Veep for my money is a top ten all time show, and > perfect for binging. I won’t bother with Sopranos, which is more like a top > 2

Re: [TV orNotTV] BBC shuts down all soaps

2020-04-15 Thread Mark Jeffries
e newscasts, however). Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 5:17 PM Brad Beam wrote: > As of 4/29, Channel 5 will add a third day (Wednesday) to its Oz soaps' > airings. (They remain on their regular schedules in the homeland.) > >

Re: [TV orNotTV] typing while I fast-forward

2020-04-15 Thread Mark Jeffries
is taking advantage of a repeat week on "Wheel" to repeat "World News Tonight" at 6:30 p.m. "Wheel"'s delaying the repeat of the local talk show "Windy City Live!" to 12:35 a.m., although I don't think they've done a first-run show for a month now, un

Re: [TV orNotTV] More clues on Peacock

2020-04-15 Thread Mark Jeffries
Basically, you're going to have to wait before you can binge-watch "The Office U.S." again. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 12:48 PM 'bobjersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Variety lists > &

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: XFL to return?

2020-04-14 Thread Mark Jeffries
explanatory), "Paul McCartney" (IMDB has no description), "Mick Jagger and Princess Margaret" (Kelly Macdonald plays the princess--for the most part, the famous people in this series are played by unknowns) and "Princess Diana, Freddie Mercury and Kenny Everett" (the P

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: "Ellen," "Wendy" resuming Mon. (4/06)

2020-04-06 Thread Mark Jeffries
And in Chicago, KellyBelly gets interrupted every afternoon at 2:30 p.m. for the Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker COVID-19 Show. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 4:08 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: &

Re: [TV orNotTV] Embargo until tomorrow...

2020-04-02 Thread Mark Jeffries
Not a joke--the Nickelodeon simulcast will be geared for their audience. But it doesn't mean that the runner will be dumped with green slime before he can reach the goal line--maybe. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 10:31 PM David Risner wrote

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: CBC News free, and no geofence

2020-04-02 Thread Mark Jeffries
t of the U.S. morning shows, while the ABC's "Breakfast," as you would expect from a pubcaster, is mostly hard news. The one national cable news channel, Sky News, is still run by the Murdochs, not Comcast, and has become more like an Australian Fox News Channel in prime time in recen

Re: [TV orNotTV] So long, Richard S. Kline

2020-03-29 Thread Mark Jeffries
Unfortunately, most of Mr. Kline's children were adopted. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 9:54 PM Kevin M. wrote: > 15 children! I guess when the game show bubble burst, he found a way to > pass the time. > > On Tue, Mar 24, 202

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Full Frontal to try a new episode this week

2020-03-25 Thread Mark Jeffries
Maher will be back Apr. 3. Oliver's back Sunday night. On Wed, Mar 25, 2020, 6:52 AM Jon Delfin wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 5:57 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < > tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> I enjoyed that in-studio "Wait Wait" far more than the usual version. >> Reminded me

[TV orNotTV] NoTV: Seattle NPR Not Carrying Trump COVID Briefings

2020-03-25 Thread Mark Jeffries
After seeing Dave fume on FB about his NPR station carrying the Trumpathons, I'm happy to report that KUOW in the Jet City has announced that it will not be carrying the briefings because too much misinformation: https://twitter.com/KUOW/status/1242576208258158593?s=19 Predictably--well read

Re: [TV orNotTV] If Lilly Singh is doing her thing from home...

2020-03-23 Thread Mark Jeffries
And she's only contracted for 96 episodes (24 weeks on a Monday-Thursday schedule)--last I looked she has 20 left, allowing her some weeks off before May sweeps end. On Sun, Mar 22, 2020, 10:16 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > FWIW, the show tapes in

Re: [TV orNotTV] Variety's tribute to Lee Phillip Bell

2020-03-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
"Noonbreak," she got to show off her news instincts, although she was more the all-around broadcaster in the great tradition--and about the only woman in Chicago who had that reputation for a long time. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 9:58

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: congrats

2020-02-25 Thread Mark Jeffries
Unfortunately, I won't be free until tax season ends, so I'll have to miss this one. (I have to admit that I have a goal, but I'm afraid to tell you what show I'm planning to see in SF.) We'll see how things work out. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Sat, Feb 22

Re: [TV orNotTV] OT: congrats

2020-02-21 Thread Mark Jeffries
see a show he's in) "great job!" (I'm sure as hell not going to talk about "SNL" or other things.) Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 6:15 PM Doug Eastick wrote: > I saw on The Book of Face that one of our long

Re: [TV orNotTV] In Non-Jeopardy Network Game Show News...

2020-02-21 Thread Mark Jeffries
And home viewers playing along on an app for the amounts the celebrities will blow. (Cheer?) Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 5:04 PM Joe Hass wrote: > "Millionaire" is coming back for a limited ABC run... > > (Joe cheers

Re: [TV orNotTV] RIP Buck Henry

2020-02-21 Thread Mark Jeffries
The first member of the Five-Time Club, all in the first five seasons. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 9:49 PM Kevin M. wrote: > Known for many things, but to me he’s one of the best and most frequent > hosts of the early (good)

Re: [TV orNotTV] Washington Journal, 40 Years On

2020-02-19 Thread Mark Jeffries
And as John Oliver says through David Kaye, the hosts that are collectively The World's Most Patient (wo)Man. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 3:22 PM Joe Hass wrote: > The story behind the C-SPAN standard. > > > https://www.vox.c

Re: [TV orNotTV] Most Popular TV Series 1986-2019

2020-02-18 Thread Mark Jeffries
they want a self-congratulatory tweet. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Sun, Dec 8, 2019 at 8:05 PM Tom Wolper wrote: > On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 1:45 PM Marti Lawrence > wrote: > >> That was really neat. Thank you so much for posting it. >>

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Netflix cans MST3K

2020-02-16 Thread Mark Jeffries
And IFC's showing reruns on Saturday mornings--a double feature at 7:15 a.m. This Saturday it's "Time of the Apes" and "Mighty Jack." It's a 2:15 time slot per episode, which means IFC's doubling down on the commercials. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gma

Re: [TV orNotTV] Coal-industry biggie sues Oliver for defamation

2020-02-15 Thread Mark Jeffries
es--"Doctor" was on commercial stations in the U.S. syndicated by Westinghouse Broadcasting for the prime access time slot that they convinced the FCC to adopt, back in those first years before everyone discovered that the only low-budget programming that would work in that time slot were n

<    5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   >